Exclusive: Senators from Both sides of the aisle propose a resolution calling Commerce Secretary Howard Luttonick to look for new sites and critical infrastructure for high demand products not currently being made in the United States, and analyze the possibility of manufacturing such products here.
Senate Small and Medium Enterprises & Chairman of the Entrepreneurship Committee Joni Ernst, R-Iowa and Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester met Friday to launch an effort cited the dual needs of the supervisory supply chain, while strengthening the US workforce.
The Manufacturing Feasibility Act of Critical Infrastructures forces Lutnick to report within 18 months of critical infrastructure sectors facing constraints on materials, procurement or supply chains that prevent products from being produced domestically.
The Department of Commerce will then need to analyze the possibility of producing the product in the United States. New sales production of such products is whether it can be established in underserved rural areas and industrial parks.
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Both Ernst’s And the dull state of Rochester is very rural. In the latter, suburban sprawl from Wilmington gives way to miles of coastal plains.
In recent years, cities in Newark and Middletown have seen booming industrial parks and warehouses for large businesses like Amazon, looking for the famous low- and tax-free environment of the first state.
“Supply chains are key to global competitiveness and national security,” Brandt Rochester told Fox News Digital.
“This bipartisan law will help us identify locations that rely heavily on foreign imports for critical infrastructure and explore how that manufacturing can be brought back.”
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Former President Joe Biden, left, Sen. Lisa Brandt Rochester, d-de, right (Reuters)
Delawarean added that strengthening domestic production not only protects supply chains, it will “support American employment, stimulate local economies, and strengthen the country’s resilience in the event of global manufacturing disruption.”
Ernst added that the bill aims to reduce the US’s dependence on foreign enemies in order to preserve critical infrastructure and key manufacturing supply chains.
“I’m not an exception and working to make “made in America” ​​the norm,” she said.
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“It starts with our manufacturers not importing supplies from the middle of the world, but getting the materials they need here. Not only will it boost domestic industry, but the bill is about protecting national security by ensuring that we don’t rely on foreign enemies for the important goods we need.”
Ernst has also led efforts to direct the pharmaceutical supply chain from China towards land. Many important ingredients in medicine are not produced in the US, but are mainly produced in Ireland and China.
One is a longtime US alliance, but another involvement in the supply chain could lead to national security risks, critics said.
